Clothespin bag



May 30, 1939. C, 5 HEDQU|$T 2,160,658

CLGTHESPIN BAG Filed March 4, 1937 TIWVEX vPatented May 30, 1939 UNITEDSTATES eATENT oFFles 3 Claims.

My invention relates to an article best designated as a clothespin bagalthough its usefulness is of broader scope than such designation wouldindicate, for example, with slight modication, the device is useful forsuspension of a cloth sack such as used by a housewife in the process ofmaking jelly from fruits and berries.

The usefulness and convenience of this device will be readily understoodfrom the following description.

rI'he main object of my invention is to provide a simple, highlyeflcient and inexpensive bag suspending device of unique construction asherein set forth and illustrated in the accoml5 panying drawing, inwhich:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved device in the form of a clothespinbag suspended from a clothesline. Fig. 2 is a rear View, in enlargedscale, of Fig. 1, the bag being omitted. Fig. 3 is a rear view of thehanger joint part of my device and which connectsl the vertical stem andthe loop members of the device. Fig. 4 is an interior View of the frontchannel part of the joint member. Fig. 5 is a side or edge View of Fig.3

as seen from the left, the two channel members of the joint being shownspread apart downwardly. Fig. 6 is a top end view of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 isthe lower part of Fig. 3 modified to show the loop member in a certainposition other than shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 8 is a lower endelevation of the joint device and Fig. 9 is an interior elevation of thesmaller channel member of the joint which normally lies parallel to andlongitudinally within the other and larger channel member of the joint.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, like characters beingused throughout the various views to designate corresponding parts:

My device comprises an upper hanger or handle member, an intermediatejoint member at the lower end of said handle, a loop member pivotallyand removably retained in the joint member and a bag member suspendedfrom said loop, the first three members all of metal and the bag memberpreferably of woven material. Said joint member comprises the mostimportant feature of the device, embodying easily adjusted means forholding the open end of the bag (by means of the loop member)selectively in three desirable and necessary positions.

For convenience of description I will describe the upper, intermediateand lower sections of the device in that order and their usefulcombination will be most readily understood.

5 l0 designates a single piece wire hanger, com- (ol. 24S-9.9)

prising the handle of my device, formed with a simple coil or loop IBAfrom which two arms of it extend upwardly and diverging, as IIJB, to apredetermined height thence both bent forwardly .and thence downwardlyin approximately parallel relation, as IDC, forming an inverted hook,said parallel arms extending downwardly and their lower extremities benttoward each other as at IllD (Fig. 4) and said upper hook shaped partcomprising means for hanging the device as on a clothesline Il. Thus isformed the upper section of my device and hereinafter designated thehandle.

The intermediate or joint member of the device, of metal, comprisescertain new and unique means for removably and adjustably retaining theloop member I2 in selective positions, namely in a plane at right anglestothe handle or parallel to the handle. This joint member is mostclearly illustrated in Figs. 3-9 inclusive. The lower metallic member ofthe device comprises a simple wire loop I2 which may be ovate orcircular, the adjacent free ends of this loop bent outward to providetwo short lingers IZA normally parallel to each other.

The bag of the device is preferably a good grade of woven material andfor each hanger I prefer to provide two forms of bags, one of the usualelongated quadrangular type, as I3 in Fig. l. In either type of bag itsupper open end is hemstitched as at I3B making said upper end acontinuous tube, slitted transversely at one place, as ISC, in Fig. 1,to permit insertion of the wire loop l2 so that only the linger partsIZA of said loop are exposed for the purpose of inserting the fingerparts in the joint member and retaining the loop in desired plane andsuspend the bag therefrom, as will now be described.

The joint member comprises two Ichannel shaped pieces I4-I5 of which I4is the larger and l5 ts longitudinally within and between the flanges ofI4 with its flanges directed inward toward the web of member I4, eachchannel having a central bore for insertion of a screw I6 with athumb-nut IBN. By means of this screw and nut the lower ends of thehandle are rigidly but removably clamped and retained between thechannels, in the upper half thereof (see Figs'. 2, 3, 4 and 6).

Between the lower adjacent extremities of the joint channels the fingerends of the loop I2 are clamped and retained in any one of threeselective positions to hold the loop and the bag opening incorresponding positions.

At the lower end of channel I5 its web is cut cut-out IEB (as in Figs.1, 2 and 3) the loop I2.

is rigidly retained in a plane at right angles to the handle and the bagis thus suspended with its' opening in corresponding plane and.theinterior of the bag easily accessible for taking out or putting inclothespins.

The handle has a two point contact en a clothesline and the bag issuspended quite rigidly in non-rotatable position.

When the loop I2 is in the open horizontal position as in Fig. 2 it maybe swung upwardly to and against the handle I as to the dotted lineposition thus making the entire device, in-

` cludingthe bag,occupy a minimum of space for stacking, boxing andshipping purposes. It will be readily understood that when the device isunpacked from said compact conditionand the .loop is sprung out vtoright angle position the fingers IZA are sprung upwardly and toward eachother in the cutout I 5B of the joint channel member I5 and becomeseated in the bottom of said cut-out (best shown in Fig. 3).

The loop- I2 may of course be entirely removed from the joint member bynecessary simple maniupulation of the thumb-nut to loosen and` allow thechannel members to be spread at their lower ends, such spreading at thelower parts being necessary to release the bearing contact and pivotalaction on the loop. It is not necessary to remove the loop ends or evento release the thumb nut in order to swing the loop member into or outof either of the two positions shown in Fig. 2, but to position the loopin a common plane with the handle and below the joint the channelmembers must be loosened and spread sufcient to permit the loop fingersI2A to be directed upwardly betwen the joint channel members I4-I5 andsubsequently clamped between them, as is distinctly illustrated in Fig.7.

I have herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing thepreferred constructionof my device but it is obvious that modicationsthereof may be embodied without departing from the scope and spirit ofmy invention.

I claim:

1. In a bag holder of the class described having an elongated uprightwire handle the lower end of Awhich comprises a pair of parallel wires,a bag suspended from the lower part of said handle, said'bag having ahemmed opening; an open wire ring removably retained in said hem and itsadjacent ends protruding therefrom, a joint device at the lower end ofthe handle comprising a pair of registering metal channel pieces, a bolttraversing the center part of said joint to clamp the handle wirestherebetween at and over the bolt, said ring formed at each of its endswith a right angled terminus, both` in close parallel relation, andmeans in said joint channels, below the bolt, to positively engage saidring termini in either of two selective positions.

2. 'I'hefstructure specified in claim 1 in which said channels arepositioned with their flanges in guiding contact, the ring engagingmeans thereof comprising the provision of a pair of' registering notchesin each pair of close flanges to removably engage the ring memberadjacent its angular termini.

3. The structure specified in claim l, in which said channels arepositioned with their flanges in guiding contact, the ring engagingmeans thereof comprising the provision of -a pair of registering notchesin each pair of contacting flanges, to removably engage the ring memberadjacent its angular termini, said ring termini extending in the planeof the ring and positioned between the webs of said channels when thering is positioned vparallel to the handle, one of the channel webparts-having a downward cutout proportioned to allow the ring ends to beswung up and the ring out to a bag suspending position, as shown anddescribed.

CARL S. HEDQUIST.

